diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 5c173eb004..03beda2232 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ check_function_exists("mmap"             HAVE_MMAP)
 check_function_exists("mprotect"         HAVE_MPROTECT)
 check_function_exists("mkdtemp"          HAVE_MKDTEMP)
 check_function_exists("mkstemp"          HAVE_MKSTEMP)
+check_function_exists("popcount"         HAVE_POPCOUNT)
 check_function_exists("setresgid"        HAVE_SETRESGID)
 check_function_exists("setresuid"        HAVE_SETRESUID)
 check_function_exists("strptime"         HAVE_STRPTIME)
diff --git a/cmakeconfig.h.in b/cmakeconfig.h.in
index 042816633f..a0388be056 100644
--- a/cmakeconfig.h.in
+++ b/cmakeconfig.h.in
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `pcap_set_tstamp_precision' function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PCAP_SET_TSTAMP_PRECISION 1
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the popcount function. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_POPCOUNT 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <portaudio.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_PORTAUDIO_H 1
 
diff --git a/wsutil/CMakeLists.txt b/wsutil/CMakeLists.txt
index a7f0663ead..05b32815c1 100644
--- a/wsutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wsutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ if(HAVE_SSE4_2)
 	)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT HAVE_POPCOUNT)
+	set( WSUTIL_POPCOUNT_FILES
+		popcount.c
+	)
+endif()
+
 set(WSUTIL_FILES
 	adler32.c
 	aes.c
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ set(WSUTIL_FILES
 	ws_version_info.c
 	${WSUTIL_PLATFORM_FILES}
 	${WSUTIL_SSE42_FILES}
+	${WSUTIL_POPCOUNT_FILES}
 )
 
 if(APPLE)